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Glossary
E_Port
Expansion Port; a type of switch port that can be connected to an E_Port on another switch to
create an ISL. See also ISL.
EE_Credit
End-to-end Credit; the number of receive buffers allocated by a recipient port to an originating
port. Used by Class 1 and 2 services to manage the exchange of frames across the fabric
between source and destination. See also End-to-end Flow Control, BB_Credit.
EIA Rack
A storage rack that meets the standards set by the Electronics Industry Association.
Enabled Zone Configuration
The currently enabled configuration of zones. Only one configuration can be enabled at a
time.
End-to-end Flow Control
Governs flow of class 1 and 2 frames between N_Ports. See also EE_Credit.
Error
As applies to Fibre Channel, a missing or corrupted frame, time-out, loss of synchronization,
or loss of signal (link errors).
Exchange
The highest level Fibre Channel mechanism used for communication between N_Ports.
Composed of one or more related sequences, and can work in either one or both directions.
F_Port
Fabric Port; a port that is able to transmit under fabric protocol and interface over links. Can
be used to connect an N_Port to a switch.
Fabric Name
The unique identifier assigned to a fabric and communicated during login and port discovery.
Fabric
A Fibre Channel network containing two or more switches in addition to hosts and devices.
May also be referred to as a switched fabric. See also Topology, SAN, Cascade.
FC-AL-3
The Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop standard defined by ANSI. Defined on top of the FC-PH
standards.
FC-FLA
The Fibre Channel Fabric Loop Attach standard defined by ANSI.
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